His resignation letter is pretty strange, it's sounds like a dog ate my homework excuse a teenager would tender and is bound to lead to journalists sniffing around at length.
Read the following, and ask yourself, how many meetings take place in your office without your knowledge?
You will be aware of a question in Senate estimates last night regarding meetings between Humana, my brother and the Ministers for Veterans’ Affairs and the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel.
Having read the transcript of proceedings I decided to thoroughly examine the nature of any contact between Humana, my brother and my office.
Having done so, and despite having made it clear to all parties that it was important that I not be involved, I am not satisfied that contact between the various parties leave it clear that I have entirely conformed with your ministerial code of conduct.
In particular, I have learned that one meeting between the parties was held in my ministerial office. Further, I understand that members of my staff sat in on a number of meetings ...
On that basis, and to protect the integrity of the Government, I have decided to resign as a member of the Executive, effective, immediately.
Compare this to Richard Worth, a minor New Zealand Minister outside Cabinet who resigned in unfortunate circumstances earlier this week. He approached the matter by saying much less, but this didn't keep the journalists off his back either.
It is with deep regret that I have resigned my role as a Minister.
I am resigning from the role for personal reasons.
I tendered my resignation to the Prime Minister last night and he accepted.
It has been a privilege to have been a Minister in this Government.
I will not be making any further comment to the media.
I have been granted two weeks’ leave of absence from the House.
William Carlos Williams it ain't, but there is something poetic about it nonetheless.
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